Always Put The Lord First

 Lately, I have been feeling a bit stretched with everything going on. Since Christmas is on Sunday this year, I couldn’t not do something for church. So, I decided to spearhead a Christmas Sunday Musical Program. After I started putting it together, I was wondering why I even started it. It was very time consuming, and I had to talk to a lot of people to see if they’d like to participate. Of course, there were people who said no, or dropped out, which meant I had to rearrange things and ask more people. And I have school on top of all of everything! Right now, it has slowed down a bit because everything seems to be in place.

I was reading in my class today, and a man by the name of Jan Newman gave a speech and he said that in life, you have to crunch things, your job, your family, your calling. Some things get more attention than others. But, he said, “Don’t ever be too busy to take a calling in the church. If you ever tell your Bishop “Hey I’ve got this new company and it’s a lot of work and I don’t think I can be the Scoutmaster….biggest mistake you’ll ever make. Because when you need the Lord’s help, he’ll know where you heart is and it won’t be on his side.”

As I was reading this, I was thinking about my crazy idea to start a choir and put together an hour-long program for church. By myself. I know being the choir pianist or music chairperson isn’t my calling, but it is my calling in life to share my musical talent. And no one else was willing to put this together. I feel like this is my way of showing my love for Jesus Christ, to sing praises to Him for Christmas. I hope that this Christmas program can bring the spirit to everyone who attends church on Christmas Sunday.

Here's the thing too, even though I have so much going on with school and the Christmas program (and I’m even starting to write a children’s book!), and my family, I feel like I have had enough time to do everything. Nothing has been neglected in my life. I feel like Heavenly Father is sustaining me with everything because of my righteous desires.